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29 March 2024

Mers virus: Saudi seeks foreign firm's help

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By Wam

The official spokesman of the Saudi Ministry of Health Dr. Khalid Marghalani announced the imminent arrival of a specialised international company in the Kingdom to discuss the manufacturing of a vaccine against Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus (Mers-CoV), and support for existing efforts, confirming the presence of ongoing research to find a cure for this virus.

He said in a statement, carried by Saudi Press Agency (SPA), that the ministry called on the World Health Organisation and a group of experts from Europe, Canada, the USA, the countries of East Asia, the GCC states and other countries to meet at the end of this month to discuss the status of the Corona virus and the disease’s latest developments.